Gritrock — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡɹˈɪtɹɑːk/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈɪtɹɒk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈɪtɹɒk/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡɹˈɪtɹɑːk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gritstone grit

Word Forms

gritty	adjective	composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
grit	verb	cover with a grit

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

roca arenisca

una arenisca silícea dura de grano grueso

🇳🇱Dutch

zandsteen

een harde, grofkorrelige kiezelhoudende zandsteen

🇵🇹Portuguese

pedra de grão

um arenito silicoso duro e de granulação grossa

🇷🇺Russian

песчаник

твердый крупнозернистый кремнистый песчаник

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्रिट्रॉक

एक कठोर मोटे दाने वाला सिलिसियस बलुआ पत्थर

🇮🇳Tamil

கிரிட்ராக்

கடினமான கரடுமுரடான சிலிசியஸ் மணற்கல்

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రిట్రాక్

గట్టి ముతక-కణిత సిలిసియస్ ఇసుకరాయి

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રીટ્રોક

સખત બરછટ દાણાવાળો સિલિસીસ રેતીનો પથ્થર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರಿಟ್ರೊಕ್

ಒಂದು ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾದ ಒರಟಾದ-ಧಾನ್ಯದ ಸಿಲಿಸಿಯಸ್ ಮರಳುಗಲ್ಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രിട്രോക്ക്

കടുപ്പമുള്ള പരുക്കൻ-ധാന്യമുള്ള സിലിസിയസ് മണൽക്കല്ല്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

砂砾岩

坚硬的粗粒硅质砂岩

🇯🇵Japanese

砂岩

硬くて粗粒の珪質砂岩

🇰🇷Korean

모래암

단단하고 거친 규산질 사암

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đá cuội

đá sa thạch silic hạt thô cứng

🇹🇭Thai

หินกรวด

หินทรายทรายเนื้อหยาบแข็ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

batu pasir

batupasir mengandung silika berbutir kasar dan keras

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

گریتروک

یک ماسه سنگ سیلیسی دانه درشت سخت

🇹🇷Turkish

taş kaya

sert iri taneli silisli kumtaşı

🇮🇱Hebrew

גריטרוק

אבן חול סיליקית קשה עם גרגיר גס

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